OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.9 Mavericks versus Ubuntu 14.10 performance benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Apple OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Performance
OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.9 Mavericks versus Ubuntu 14.10 performance benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
OS X 10.9.5:
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD
OS: OS X 10.9.5, Kernel: 13.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
OS X 10.10.1:
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD
OS: OS X 10.10.1, Kernel: 14.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
Ubuntu 14.10:
Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang:
Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: Clang 3.5.0-4ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 86.28 |======================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 85.79 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 88.18 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 109.38 |================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 58 |==========================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 57 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 71 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 51 |=====================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38 |=============================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 37 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 44 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 33 |=======================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 81 |====================================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 80 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 81 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 74 |================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 105 |===================================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 104 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 104 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 90 |============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 64 |====================================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 64 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 53 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 50 |=========================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 809.97 |================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 807.43 |===============================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 1205.43 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 942.11 |=====================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. 33.62 |=================================================
OS X 10.10.1 . 32.50 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 . 39.49 |=========================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38.70 |============
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 40.50 |=============
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 148.60 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 150.27 |================================================
PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38.99 |=================================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 39.03 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 30.42 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 28.82 |====================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 1198 |=================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 1313 |==================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 3545 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 3601 |==================================================
Primesieve 5.4
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 491.95 |============================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 494.86 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 321.30 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 542.20 |================================================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 79.37 |===================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 79.24 |===================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 196.42 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 122.00 |==============================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .......... 46.33 |=================================================
OS X 10.10.1 ......... 46.42 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 16.82 |==================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 19.75 |=====================
Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. 51.90 |=====================================================
OS X 10.10.1 . 47.63 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.10 . 56.20 |=========================================================
Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 19.2 MAX: 87.0
OS X 10.10.1 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.7 MAX: 88.0
Ubuntu 14.10 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.2 MAX: 27.0
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. 45.56 |============================================
OS X 10.10.1 . 43.13 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 . 58.96 |=========================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. 37.60 |======================================
OS X 10.10.1 . 36.31 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 . 56.22 |=========================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.5 .. 33.90 |=============================================
OS X 10.10.1 . 33.05 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 . 42.50 |=========================================================